Soul Land V: Rebirth of Tang San

The Peacock Demon King listened silently to his words, the corners of his mouth curling up in a more pronounced sneer, "Aren\'t you the one with no regrets? If you don\'t regret, why the agony? What you\'re saying is pointless. Fifteen years. Yes, nearly fifteen years now. In fact, I should thank you. If it weren\'t for your voluntary giving up, I wouldn\'t have been able to take my chance. As the Peacock Demon King, I never thought I could outlive my ancestors from previous generations and live past a hundred years. And in my lifetime, these last fifteen years have been the happiest and most joyful. Yes, you\'re right, the majority of Monsters don\'t understand what love is. But you do, as do I. That\'s why we both chased after our own love. And in this aspect, I won."

The Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor\'s face was cold as he said, "Are you deliberately trying to enrage me?"

The Peacock Demon King replied indifferently, "I am merely stating a fact."

The Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor sneered and said, "Before I came to you, I saw her. She has promised me that if I defeat you, she will leave with me and become my empress."

The body of the Peacock Demon King visibly trembled, but soon after, he laughed. He turned around, laughing so hard that tears were about to come out as he looked at Crystal Phoenix.

"What are you laughing at?" the Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor asked, a fierce chill in his eyes.

"I\'m laughing at the fact that you have fallen so low as to use lies to please yourself, have you?"

The smile on the Peacock Demon King\'s face gradually faded, and, pointing his finger at him, he said, "I might believe anything else you say. But to say that she would forgive you? If I could believe that, then I don\'t deserve to be her husband. No one knows better than I do how much she hates you. To say she hates you to the bone could be an understatement. You think she would forgive you just based on your one-sided story? I think even if she were to die, she would not forgive you. Her hatred for you is etched deep in her heart."

"You\'re talking nonsense!" the Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor shouted angrily, "It\'s impossible. She loved me so much in the beginning. Although it was my fault, I was the one who gave up on her to choose that opportunity. But she ran away with you, did she treat me fairly? Shouldn\'t she have waited for me? If she had waited for me, I would naturally have come back to her after seizing that opportunity. Even though I left without any explanation, she couldn\'t wait a few years for me. Doesn\'t she have any fault in this? When I grabbed the opportunity and returned to the Ancestral Court, she had already become your Peacock Concubine. Am I the only one to blame?"

The Peacock Demon King laughed, suddenly feeling very light-hearted, "Right, the fault is yours alone. Even if I weren\'t her husband, I\'d tell you the same thing. You\'re the one who is wrong. The burdens she has borne, the pain she has suffered, how could you know? I know, but I will not tell you. You can guess for yourself. What does it matter if you\'re the Great Demon Emperor, if you can\'t even protect your most beloved woman? What kind of Great Demon Emperor are you?"

"You\'re courting death!" the Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor burst out, a crystal-like luster rapidly spreading across his entire body. Large patches of crystal also began to manifest in the surrounding space.

"Are you angered into a rage?" the Peacock Demon King said mockingly.

"You know why I have come today," the Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor said coldly. "There\'s no need for idle talk. If you can beat me, let all be forgotten. If you lose, everything here will belong to me."

The Peacock Demon King gazed intensely at him, saying, "I\'ve been waiting many years for this day, and I knew it would come sooner or later. Let\'s show our true skills. Let me see if the power of you, the Great Demon Emperor, is really enough to defeat me."

The Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, the vast skies around his body having already turned into a crystalline canopy. He pointed his hand in a direction, and in the next instant, turned into a streak of crystal light, shooting off in that direction.

In the eyes of the Peacock Demon King, a blue-silver radiance burst forth, with a blaze of light shooting from his back, he also followed in that direction.

Beneath them was Jiali City, and if they fought in the sky above, there was no doubt that Jiali City below would suffer great damage, neither the Peacock Demon King nor the Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor wanted to see that happen.

So they chose the battleground to be in the Jiali mountain range...

Jiali Academy.

Two figures plummeted from the sky, landing directly inside the campus.

Suddenly, alarm bells blared, and multiple figures emerged from within Jiali Academy.

"Who dares to forcibly enter Jiali Academy?" a commanding voice boomed. It was a robust middle-aged man, hovering above the center of Jiali Academy, his entire body radiating with white-hot light, his powerful aura seemingly illuminating the whole academy.

Feeling the oppression of this aura, one of the figures who had just fallen into the academy hastened to say with urgency, "Director Li, it\'s me, Wang Yan! The Messenger of the Ancestral Court is here. Hurry up and come out to greet him."

Director Li peered closely, and who should it be if not the City Lord\'s own son, who had once studied at Jiali Academy, only to be advised to leave for his lack of achievement—Wang Yan?

Standing beside Wang Yan was another individual, shrouded in a cloak as black as ink, which upon closer inspection, appeared to be woven from strands of black feathers. His entire being exuded a dense aura of darkness, which, especially at this dusky hour, seemed even more ominous.

Demon King of God Level!

"Dark Crow Clan?" Director Li materialized in front of Wang Yan and that God level strong member of the Dark Crow Clan.

A hoarse voice emanated from the mouth of the Dark Crow Demon King, "Correct, I am the Messenger of the Ancestral Court, the Dark Crow Demon King Dai Yanning. Might you be the Light Tiger King Li Si?"

"You know me?" Director Li asked coldly.

"The reputation of the Light Tiger King is of course well known to me. Are you not the first Light Tiger King who fell out with his clan?" Dai Yanning, the Dark Crow Demon King, remarked indifferently.

Perhaps it was because light and dark are inherently opposite, but as he gazed upon the figure before him, Li Si\'s heart was filled with loathing, "What brings you here this time?"

Before Dai Yanning could respond, Wang Yan interjected eagerly, "This time, the Ancestral Court has come to investigate the whereabouts of the Ice Dragon Demon King. They have requested all of our clansmen to gather for the investigation. Little Beauty is also above Seventh Stage, so she must participate in the investigation. We came to fetch her."

Li Si glanced at him, not bothering to conceal the disgust in his heart, "Little Beauty is a student of the academy and shall not be involved in matters related to the Ice Dragon Demon King. Please leave."

The Dark Crow Demon King stated coldly, "This is an order from the Crystal Phoenix Demon Emperor. Do you dare defy the command of the Demon Emperor?"

Li Si replied indifferently, "So what if I defy it? If I had not defied the Demon Emperor\'s command back then, I wouldn\'t have been expelled from my clan. What are you anyways to rant in front of me? Scram, before I turn you into roast bird. No, can\'t eat—that would be disgusting. Pah—"

With those words, the light around the Dark Crow Demon King instantly dimmed, and everything in the vicinity seemed to fuse into the night in an instant.

Li Si, however, snorted in disdain. Light burst from his body, the blinding white light akin to an unexpected sun rising from the ground. With the white incandescent flames surging, darkness was driven away in the blink of an eye.

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